Sentences with phrase «scientist as a role model»

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Like most children of the 1980s, I grew up with a certain scientist as a role model.

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The billionaire electrical engineer and computer scientist also counts Walt Disney as a role model.

Jackson takes her position as a role model to trainees and other scientists seriously, although more as a woman and mother of two than as a scientist with a disabilty.

For minorities, generally, it is even tougher, as cultural differences and the dearth of role models present obstacles that non-minority scientists don't face.

In addition, many individuals act as role models by being willing and proud to work as openly gay scientists despite the risk of harassment and unfair treatment.

Using an animal model of this syndrome, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues: the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with complex cognitive processes such as moderating social behavior, and the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional processing.

► In a policy forum in this week's STM, four physician scientists expressed concern that a recent «shift toward new models of medical education in which research plays a minimal role... threatens the quality of education received by our future biomedical workforce as well as the pipeline of physician - scientists — important consequences that have received little attention.»

As a successful and world - renowned scientist, Doudna is a role model for many young women pursuing careers in the sciences.

It's humbling to be included among scientists and engineers I've looked up to as role models,» Heebner said.

Fortunately, in an increasingly difficult and competitive job market, early career scientists, both in academia and the private sector, are becoming aware that it is essential for them to acquire tools that will help them to continue evolving as leaders and role models.

Once described as the «Queen of Carbon,» Professor Dresselhaus has served as a role model and mentor for many young female scientists.

As Kissler's lab began to examine whether pTregs play a role in diabetes, the scientists first looked for these cells in the non-obese diabetes (NOD) mouse model of type 1 diabetes.

The book serves as a resource to present scientific role models and showcase science and scientists in an approachable way.

His personal characteristics and professional standards as a medical research scientist make him a great role model for young scientists, physicians, and research workers in all the disciplines of science.

For some, links with local scientists or industries provided the necessary support, as well as the role - modelling of scientific processes (Tytler, Symington & Smith, 2011; Cripps Clark, Tytler, & Symington, 2014; Tytler et al., 2015).

In every respect, Dr. Wilson - Robles is a true hero through the contributions she makes as a clinical oncologist, scientist, and role model.

I was told by one semi-expert climate scientist (someone who was in the process of changing fields to climate science from a different numerical modeling field, as so possibly still catching up) that although globally aerosols played the most important role in this period, there was also around the same time period (maybe beginning slightly earlier?

Scientists from the University of Erlangen - Nuremberg Institute of Geography and from the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Gophysique de l'Environnement in Grenoble, France, used radar data from satellites such as ESA's Envisat and observations of ice thickness from airborne surveys in a complex model to demonstrate, for the first time, how the buttressing role of the ice shelves is being compromised as the shelves decline.

Although the situation suggests overt dishonesty, it is entirely possible, in today's scientific environment, that many scientists feel that it is the role of science to vindicate the greenhouse paradigm for climate change as well as the credibility of models.

The importance and imminence of sustainability problems at local and global scales, the dominant role that the Human System plays in the Earth System, and the key functions and services the Earth System provides for the Human System (as well as for other species), all call for strong collaboration of earth scientists, social scientists, and engineers in multidisciplinary research, modeling, technology development, and policymaking.